Building a better umbrella

I want one of Andy Wana's Lotus 23 umbrellas. It was inspired by the lotus flower. It retracts into a nice tube, and squeezes out the water when you put it away. It doesn't catch the wind (I like that!), it has no sharp points, and you can make it go small when you're in a crowd. Anyway, the advertisements speak very highly of it. Just kidding -- it really does sound great and I'd love to see one.

"The device won the Gold 2005 Australian Design Award for its fully retractable umbrella screen, which is pushed out of its housing tube-worm style; flexible ribs stand up to harsh winds, instead of breaking and buckling."
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I haven't seen the brolly but from a radio interview, it sounded great and he sounds like a really nice young bloke. Read Andy Wana's submission: "Lotus 23 is inspired by nature, our greatest designers. The double vented canopy appeared from the stem, akin to a flower blooming. This method of operation put forward a solution offered by no other umbrella – to get in and out of various transport easily without getting wet."

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